Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
- Reality Bites (1994)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
- This 'Gen X' movie works as romantic comedy but falls short of its mandate to be a mouthpiece for contemporary youth. Redeemed by the…
- Stoned Age, The (1994)
- Dir. James Melkonian
Feat. Michael Kopelow, Bradford Tatum
- PC–free teen comedy set in the hazy '70s is no DAZED AND CONFUSED but it is entertaining in a knucklehead kinda way. Plot involves two friends…
- Threesome (1994)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, Josh Charles
- Despite its prurient title, there is much more meat and maturity in this this 'Gen–X' romantic sandwich than the higher profile REALITY BITES.…
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
- Clerks (1993)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes…
- Made for $27,000 in the convenience store where the director (then) worked, this follows a rude and bizarre day in the lives of two lowly grocery…
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey…
- Set on campus in 1976, this is a marvellous youth–movie/nostalgia–trip which treats the hopelessly insignificant as a source of constant…
- Heartbreak Kid, The (1993)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. Alex Dimitriades
- Alex Dimitriades plays a hunky college student who becomes romantically entangled with his 22–year–old teacher. Sensitively drawn…
- My Father, the Hero (1993)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton
- Innocuous English language retread of MON PERE CE HEROS, with Gerard Depardieu in the title role he played in the original.
- Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
- Dir. Masayuki Suo
Feat. Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka
- Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken…
- Party time for Mike Myers and Dana Carvey again in this not–quite–so–excellent sequel.